Which to use
“agravado” is a verb and “atrasado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,887
- “agravado” frequency rank
- #18,447
- “atrasado” frequency rank
- 40334
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agravado | atrasado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de agravar o de agravarse. | Que llega después de lo acordado o estipulado. |
Where the eye mixes agravado and atrasado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. agravado and atrasado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: agravado vs atrasado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agravado is [aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞o] while atrasado is [at̪ɾaˈsað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agravado is recorded at frequency rank #21,887, classified as averb, pronounced [aɣ̞ɾaˈβ̞að̞o]. atrasado is at rank #18,447, tagged as anadj, pronounced [at̪ɾaˈsað̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40334, this pair ranks #159,681 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agravado vs atrasado
Shared letters: ador. Private to "agravado": gv. Private to "atrasado": st.
"agravado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "atrasado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "agravado" and "atrasado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "agravado" vs "atrasado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "agravado" and "atrasado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agravado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atrasado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,681 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agravado" and "atrasado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agravado vs agrupado". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #159,681 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.